Botafogo made history this Thursday after defeating PSG, the current UEFA Champions League champion, 1-0.

This is the first time in the last 13 years that a Copa Libertadores champion team has managed to defeat the Champions League champion.

In the Club World Cup, in the old format, three Brazilian teams have achieved this feat. Botafogo is the fourth Brazilian club to beat the reigning European Champions Cup holders.

Since the Club World Cup format was implemented in 2005, the CONMEBOL teams that have defeated the UEFA champions are:

São Paulo (2005), Internacional de Porto Alegre (2006), Corinthians (2012), and Botafogo.

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Sao Paulo defeated Liverpool 1-0 in the 2005 Club World Cup, just as Porto Alegre did in 2006 against Barcelona.

Corinthians had been the last Conmebol champion to win with a 1-0 victory over Didier Drogba's Chelsea.

It took 13 years for a Conmebol champion to achieve the feat again. Along the way, they faced each other six times in the Club World Cup final, all with UEFA victories.

South American teams with the longest history in the Intercontinental Cup

Before the FIFA Club World Cup, the Copa Libertadores and Champions League winners faced each other in a two-legged match called the Intercontinental Cup.

In this section, the record is more even, with multiple victories for South American teams.

The Intercontinental Cup was contested from 1960 to 2004. During that time, CONMEBOL teams won the cup 22 times.

One of the most memorable editions was Boca Juniors' victory over Real Madrid in 2000. A team from Madrid that had players such as Roberto Carlos, Raúl, Luis Figo, Makelele, Fernando Hierro, among others.

It was also won by teams such as Saints of Brazil,Racing de Avellaneda, Estudiantes de La Plata, Nacional de Uruguay, among others.

Botafogo wrote a new history for South American football and overthrew the hegemony of European football.